beerdragon Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 i would like to hear some sound clips for this, it looks cool. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280242001000&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D280242001000%26_fvi%3D1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...1000%26_fvi%3D1[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Interesting... but it doesn't appear to have a pickup? Also it's not exactly light. Owes a lot to the basses on [url="http://www.skylabdigital.com/"]this site[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 That's very strange indeed! maybe it has a piezo pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I looked at this on Friday, and came away thinking "no, no", but couldn't quite fathom why. Now I think about it, I would definitely want to hear it before I could think of buying it. With a weight of just 11lbs, I expect that the stainless steel bars are not solid, but are hollow tubes. If so, this has me thinking that there's a potential for some awkward resonances, uneven frequency response, and feedback. They'd be thinner, so they could be more likely to resonate physically, and then there would be the resonance of the hollow chamber with air in it. The bars have a tapered outside diameter, but I don't know anything about the internal shape of the tubes. I've been thinking about metal bass construction for a while, so this kind of detail intrigues me. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Here's a similar thing on youtube 1. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVVB2OfbBUY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVVB2OfbBUY[/url] 2. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPACZktOP8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPACZktOP8[/url] Rodders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Brilliant! I've been looking for a bass that can be played under water for some time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 [quote name='bnt' post='233599' date='Jul 6 2008, 02:37 PM']I expect that the stainless steel bars are not solid, but are hollow tubes.[/quote] Certainly looks that way from the way the strings disappear after the 'bridge' saddles. What are you supposed to play it through underwater then? Who makes submersible amps? I'd have thought underwater bass players was something of a niche market. I see potential for all sorts of sub-aquatic witticisms here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 It looks like an ergonomic nightmare. What's to stop it rotating as you play it? Bloody heavy too. Still, if you have problems with your Precision floating away from you in the pool, this could be for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Any fellow 80's kids on here recall the `Gittler' guitar.....? [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittler_guitar"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittler_guitar[/url] nick O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='233874' date='Jul 7 2008, 12:16 AM']Brilliant! I've been looking for a bass that can be played under water for some time now. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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